Diabetic retinopathy, (pronounced ret-ih-NOP-uh-thee) is retinopathy (damage to the retina) caused by complications of diabetes, which can eventually lead to blindness. It is an ocular manifestation of systemic disease which affects up to 80% of all patients who have had diabetes for 10 years or more. Despite these intimidating statistics, research indicates that at least 90% of these new cases could be reduced if there was proper and vigilant tr...
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Includes classifications:
- Background diabetic retinopathy ,
- Proliferative diabetic retinopathy ,
- Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy NOS ,
- Mild nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy ,
- Moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy ,
- Severe nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy ,
- Diabetic Macular Edema
